{"id":15597,"date":"2019-04-17T02:28:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T01:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=15597"},"modified":"2020-09-24T22:47:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T21:47:01","slug":"the-mystery-of-matter-search-for-the-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=15597","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"182\" data-attachment-id=\"15599\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?attachment_id=15599\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MysteryOfMatter_long.png\" data-orig-size=\"1280,227\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Mystery of Matter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MysteryOfMatter_long-1024x182.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MysteryOfMatter_long-1024x182.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MysteryOfMatter_long-1024x182.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MysteryOfMatter_long-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MysteryOfMatter_long-768x136.png 768w, https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MysteryOfMatter_long.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements&nbsp;<\/em>is an exciting&nbsp;series&nbsp;about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long and continuing quest to understand what the world is made of. Three&nbsp;episodes tell the story of seven of history\u2019s most important scientists as they seek to identify, understand and organize the basic building blocks of matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements<\/em>\u00a0shows us not only\u00a0<em>what<\/em>\u00a0these scientific explorers discovered but also\u00a0<em>how,\u00a0<\/em>using\u00a0actors to reveal the creative process through the scientists\u2019 own words\u00a0and conveying their landmark discoveries through re-enactments shot with replicas of their original lab equipment. Knitting these strands together is host <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Emerson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Michael Emerson (opens in a new tab)\">Michael Emerson<\/a>, a two-time Emmy Award-winning\u00a0actor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meet <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Joseph Priestley (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Priestley\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Priestley<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Antoine Lavoisier (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antoine_Lavoisier\" target=\"_blank\">Antoine Lavoisier<\/a>, whose discovery of oxygen led to the modern science of chemistry, and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Humphry Davy (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Humphry_Davy\" target=\"_blank\">Humphry Davy<\/a>, who made electricity a powerful new tool in the search for elements. Watch <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Dmitri Mendeleev (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dmitri_Mendeleev\" target=\"_blank\">Dmitri Mendeleev<\/a> invent the Periodic Table, and see <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Marie Curie (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie_Curie\" target=\"_blank\">Marie Curie<\/a>\u2019s groundbreaking research on radioactivity crack open a window into the atom. Learn how <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Harry Moseley (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Moseley\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Moseley<\/a>\u2019s investigation of\u00a0<em>atomic number<\/em>\u00a0redefined the Periodic Table,\u00a0and how <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glenn_T._Seaborg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Glenn Seaborg (opens in a new tab)\">Glenn Seaborg<\/a>\u2019s discovery of plutonium opened up a whole new realm of elements\u00a0still being explored\u00a0today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements<\/em>brings the history of science to life for today\u2019s television audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fonte: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PBS (opens in a new tab)\">PBS<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" label=\"The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190906030811\/http:\/\/www.pbs.org:80\/program\/mystery-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_79117\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z3Gt5IOjAuc?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt&#038;list=PLaLOVNqqD-2FZMjQfGiFGlFWZEhN_qRJK&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;hl=pt_PT&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ul id='GTTabs_ul_15597' class='GTTabs' style='display:none'>\n<li id='GTTabs_li_0_15597' class='GTTabs_curr'><a  id=\"15597_0\" onMouseOver=\"GTTabsShowLinks(' Episode 1: Out of Thin Air (1754-1806)'); return true;\"  onMouseOut=\"GTTabsShowLinks();\"  class='GTTabsLinks'> Episode 1: Out of Thin Air (1754-1806)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id='GTTabs_li_1_15597' ><a  id=\"15597_1\" onMouseOver=\"GTTabsShowLinks('Episode 2: Unruly Elements (1859-1902)'); return true;\"  onMouseOut=\"GTTabsShowLinks();\"  class='GTTabsLinks'>Episode 2: Unruly Elements (1859-1902)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id='GTTabs_li_2_15597' ><a  id=\"15597_2\" onMouseOver=\"GTTabsShowLinks('Episode 3: Into the Atom (1910-1960)'); return true;\"  onMouseOut=\"GTTabsShowLinks();\"  class='GTTabsLinks'>Episode 3: Into the Atom (1910-1960)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class='GTTabs_divs GTTabs_curr_div' id='GTTabs_0_15597'>\n<span class='GTTabs_titles'><b> Episode 1: Out of Thin Air (1754-1806)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Episode 1: Out of Thin Air (1754-1806)<\/strong><br>One of science\u2019s great odd couples \u2014 British minister&nbsp;<em>Joseph Priestley<\/em>&nbsp;and French tax administrator&nbsp;<em>Antoine Lavoisier&nbsp;<\/em>\u2014 together discover a fantastic new gas called oxygen, overturning the reigning theory of chemistry and triggering a worldwide search for new elements. Soon caught up in the hunt is science\u2019s first great showman, a precocious British chemist named&nbsp;<em>Humphry Davy<\/em><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;who dazzles London audiences with his lectures, introduces them to laughing gas&nbsp;and turns the battery into a powerful tool in the search for new elements.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PBS The Mystery of Matter Search for the Elements 1 Out of Thin Air\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/168527950?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='GTTabsNavigation' style='display:none'><span class='GTTabs_nav_next'><a href='#GTTabs_ul_15597' onClick='GTTabs_show(1,15597)'>Episode 2: Unruly Elements (1859-1902) &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class='GTTabs_divs' id='GTTabs_1_15597'>\n<span class='GTTabs_titles'><b>Episode 2: Unruly Elements (1859-1902)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Episode 2: Unruly Elements (1859-1902)<\/strong><br>Over a single weekend in 1869, a young Russian chemistry professor named&nbsp;<em>Dmitri Mendeleev&nbsp;<\/em>invents the Periodic Table, bringing order to the growing gaggle of elements. But this sense of order is shattered when a Polish graduate student named&nbsp;<em>Marie Sklodowska Curie&nbsp;<\/em>discovers radioactivity, revealing that elements can change identities \u2014 and that atoms must have undiscovered parts inside them.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PBS The Mystery of Matter Search for the Elements 2 Unruly Elements\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/169535525?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='GTTabsNavigation' style='display:none'><span class='GTTabs_nav_prev'><a href='#GTTabs_ul_15597' onClick='GTTabs_show(0,15597)'>&lt;&lt;  Episode 1: Out of Thin Air (1754-1806)<\/a><\/span><span class='GTTabs_nav_next'><a href='#GTTabs_ul_15597' onClick='GTTabs_show(2,15597)'>Episode 3: Into the Atom (1910-1960) &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class='GTTabs_divs' id='GTTabs_2_15597'>\n<span class='GTTabs_titles'><b>Episode 3: Into the Atom (1910-1960)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Episode 3: Into the Atom (1910-1960)<\/strong><br>Caught up in the race to discover the atom\u2019s internal parts \u2014 and learn how they fit together \u2014&nbsp;a young British physicist,&nbsp;<em>Harry Moseley<\/em><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;uses newly discovered X-rays to put the Periodic Table in a whole new light. And a young American chemist named&nbsp;<em>Glenn Seaborg&nbsp;<\/em>creates a new element \u2014 plutonium \u2014 that changes the world forever, unleashing a force of unimaginable destructive power: the atomic bomb.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PBS The Mystery of Matter Search for the Elements 3 Into the Atom\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/169952619?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class='GTTabsNavigation' style='display:none'><span class='GTTabs_nav_prev'><a href='#GTTabs_ul_15597' onClick='GTTabs_show(1,15597)'>&lt;&lt; Episode 2: Unruly Elements (1859-1902)<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements<\/em> was produced by Moreno\/Lyons Productions LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">Find biographies, educational materials and more videos at the official Mystery of Matter website: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mysteryofmatter.net\/\">www.mysteryofmatter.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151210150217\/http:\/\/video.pbs.org:80\/program\/mystery-matter\/\">PBS Video: Mystery of Matter<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mystery-of-matter.blogspot.com\/\">Mystery of Matter Official Blog<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/program\/uranium-twisting-dragons-tail\" target=\"_blank\">Uranium \u2013 Twisting the Dragon&#8217;s Tail<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/physics\/periodic-table.html\" target=\"_blank\">NOVA: Periodic Table Interactive \u2013\u00a0It&#8217;s Elemental<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/physics\/hunting-elements.html\" target=\"_blank\">NOVA: Hunting the Elements<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/program\/bomb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The Bomb<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements&nbsp;is an exciting&nbsp;series&nbsp;about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long and continuing quest to understand what the world is made of. 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